December 2016
01:00 03:00 Special Time (World Day) (see Note D)
[ HAN PYK RKN CLY INV GBR STO ADE KOD ] {iwdscan normalscan}
03:00 04:00 Common Time (1-min)
04:00 07:00 Discretionary Time
07:00 12:00 Common Time (1-min)
12:00 18:00 Discretionary Time
18:00 21:08 Common Time (1-min)
21:08 21:14 Special Time (ST-APOG) (see Note A)
[ ADW CLY CVW HOK KSR BPK TIG UNW ] {rbspscan normalscan}
21:14 22:02 Common Time (1-min)
22:02 22:08 Special Time (ST-APOG) (see Note A)
[ ADE BKS CVE FHW SAS DCE SPS ] {rbspscan normalscan}
22:08 24:08 Common Time (1-min) (no switching)
24:08 24:14 Special Time (ST-APOG) (see Note A)
[ ADW CLY CVW HOK KSR BPK TIG UNW ] {rbspscan normalscan}
24:14 26:12 Common Time (1-min)
26:12 26:18 Special Time (THEMIS) (see Note C)
26:18 27:12 Common Time (1-min)
27:12 27:18 Special Time (THEMIS) (see Note C)
27:18 28:06 Common Time (1-min)
28:06 28:18 Special Time (THEMIS) (see Notes B, C)
28:18 29:00 Common Time (1-min)
29:00 29:18 Special Time (THEMIS) (see Notes B, C)
29:18 30:00 Common Time (1-min)
30:00 30:18 Special Time (THEMIS) (see Notes B, C)
30:18 31:00 Common Time (1-min)
31:00 31:18 Special Time (THEMIS) (see Notes B, C)
31:18 31:24 Common Time (1-min)
# Total Common Time (1-min): 16d 0h
# Total Discretionary Time: 9d 0h
# Total Special Time: 6d 0h
# Notes:
Special Time notes:
Note A: ST-APOG - This is a spacecraft working group request to support Van
Allen Probes (VAP - formerly RBSP) observations. The radars highlighted in
the square brackets for each interval should run rbspscan (a full scan of
at least 16 beams with an interleaved mini-scan of 3 beams, with a scan
time of 2-min). All other radars should run a 'normal' 1-min common time
mode e.g., normalscan. The PIs/operators are welcome to adapt the mode to
best fit the geometry of the conjunctions (e.g., by adapting the range
gates) - VAP footprint plots can be found at
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~rcf2c13/VAP/ .
Note B: THEMISSCAN - This is a spacecraft working group request to support
all-sky camera operations during the new moon period over North America.
All radars should run themisscan during this interval. This mode has a
camping beam which is sounded on every 6 seconds. The scanning scheme is
such that the field of view scan is interleaved with the camping beam.
Note C: THEMISSCAN - This is a spacecraft working group request to support
the MMS mission. All radars should run themisscan during this interval.
This mode has a camping beam which is sounded on every 6 seconds. The
scanning scheme is such that the field of view scan is interleaved with the
camping beam. The PIs/operators are welcome to adapt the mode for the
geometry for any conjunctions as they see fit (e.g., by changing the
camping beam) - footprint plots can be found at
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~rcf2c13/footprints/ .
Note D: World Day - This is a Special Time request from Gareth Perry at
University of Calgary and Hannah Dahlgren at KTH Royal Institute of
Technology to support ISR World Day observations of field-aligned
irregularities associated with polar cap patches. The radars highlighted in
the square brackets for this interval should run iwdscan (a 9-beam scan
with 1 s integration time, with a scan time of 10 s). Gareth has provided
a list of beams for each radar to optimize the overlap with the various ISR
fields of view. All other radars should run a 'normal' 1-min common time
mode e.g., normalscan.